Offshore wind is a growing business in the Netherlands and it’s set to get even bigger, reports Elaine Maslin. A SIF monopile foundation installed offshore. Photo from SIF. This year…
Elaine Maslin examines new UK government funded seismic shoots and data reprocessing, all free to the industry, which are among initiatives aimed at boosting UK Continental Shelf exploration. Seismic…
Assessing the condition of pipelines, especially as they get older, is an increasing task. John Sheehan surveys potential solutions. Tracerco’s Discovery tool. Image from Tracerco. The…
Endeavor Management’s Keith Caulfield and Mike Cowan examine the results of a recent JIP that showed resin may be a potential alternative to cement in P&A operations. Endeavor Management…
Infographic from McKinsey Solutions. These projections are taken from Energy Insights’ Global Gas Outlook to 2030. For your free Executive Summary of the findings included in the report visit www…
Malaysia’s MISC has built a minimal facilities FPSO for use on marginal fields. John Sheehan takes a look. Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering handle the conversion (fabrication, installation and integration) of the FSO MaMPU 1…
Meg Chesshyre speaks with Heerema Fabrication Group’s CEO Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven about the firm’s activity in both the oil and gas and renewable markets. The Culzean wellhead jacket, under construction…
Exploration and production companies have been hesitating to engage in greenfield projects amid the current market downturn, resulting in the lowest offshore project commitment since 1998, according to Norwegian analysts Rystad Energy. Only…
Norwegian part-state owned oil giant Statoil and Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras have agreed a deal which will see Statoil acquire Petrobras’ 66% operated interest of the BM-S-8 offshore license in Brazil’s prolific Santos basin. The US$2…
Songa Offshore's fourth and final newbuild Cat D Rig, the semisubmersible Songa Enabler, has started drilling operations on 29 July offshore Norway for Norwegian oil giant Statoil. All four rigs are semisubmersible, sixth generation Cat…
Shell Australia has awarded DOF Subsea a five-year contract with two, two-year options to provide a fulltime underwater services and multi-purpose supply vessel to the Prelude FLNG facility. Prelude FLNG will produce, liquefy, store and transfer LNG at sea…
Rig operator Seadrill has received three-year contract extensions from Saudi Aramco for the jackups AOD I and AOD II expiring in June 2019 and July 2019, respectively. The extensions are in direct continuation of the current contracts…
Oil and gas production from Chevron's Erskine field in the North Sea has restarted following the clearance of a pipeline blockage and the completion of scheduled maintenance works on the Lomond platform, says partner Serica Energy. The pipeline blockage…
The board of directors of Singapore-based Swiber Holdings has applied to wind up the company. A hearing will be held on 19 August. The firm also applied to put the company into provisional liquidation. Staff from KordaMentha have been appointed provisional liquidators…
A hydrocarbon leak Thursday morning (28 July) aboard the Alvheim FPSO prompted a production halt at the field, according to operator Det norske. The leak occurred in the FPSO's pump room, triggering an alarm, and stopping production.…